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Advance Auto Parts- (AAP)-operates as a specialty retailer of automotive parts, accessories, and maintenance items for do-it-yourself and do-it-for-me customers in the automotive aftermarket industry. The company offers replacement parts, accessories, maintenance items, batteries, and automotive chemicals for cars and light trucks, including pickup trucks, vans, minivans, and sport utility vehicles. It operates in two segments, Advance Auto Parts (AAP) and AI. As of December 29, 2007, this segment operated 3,153 stores within the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The company, formerly known as Advance Stores Company, Incorporated, was founded in 1929 and is based in Roanoke, Virginia.

Advance Auto Parts News

Before the opening bell on Thursday, a number of big name, dividend paying companies announced their quarterly earnings. Below, we look at these earnings reports and break down the important points for investors.

Ex-dividend dates are very important to dividend investors, since you must purchase a stock prior to its ex-dividend date in order to receive its upcoming dividend payout. For more information, check out Everything Investors Need to Know About...

Ex-dividend dates are very important to dividend investors, since you must purchase a stock prior to its ex-dividend date in order to receive its upcoming dividend payout. For more information, check out Everything Investors Need to Know About...

June 16, 2015

Dividends are an effective income generation tool for both short- and long-term investors. To capitalize on dividends, investors must ensure that they purchase the stock before the ex-dividend date and hold the stock through this period. Payments...

August 05, 2015

Below are the dividend stocks that were subject to analyst moves before the bell. Analysts weigh in with insight and commentary as to what you can expect going forward.

There are 15 major stocks going ex-dividend next week. If you buy the stock one day prior to the ex-dividend date, your name goes on the company’s record books and you receive the dividend on the record date. A stock with the least correction off...

February 14, 2016

In part 3 of our 5 part series where we discuss the REITs Soros Fund Management holds, we analyze George Soros’ 121,734 shares in Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), which equates to a $17.6 million stake. His other positions include a $3.2...

February 17, 2016

Sexy stocks make for good stories. That’s why there are 9,000 articles published about Tesla (TSLA) on any given day. But for dividend investors, the real key to finding great stocks isn’t to hop on the superhighway, but rather to take that...

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